Squeegee and wringer mop



.March 8, 1932. H. HERTZBERG SQUEEGEE AND WRINGER MOP Filed March 24,' 1930 n Y winni/MA [NZ/ENTOR.

Patented Mar. 8, 1932 i UNITED STATES Parar orare .Y Y. HERTZBERG, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 HERTZBIJRG PATENTS ING., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK SQUEEGEE AND WRING'ER MOP more particularly to that type of such mops which are intended forcleaning floors and are provided with means to wring water from the mop material. Itis the object of this invention to improve the action of a mop of this kind by providing it with a squeegee plate to collect water on the floor for absorption by the mop material in i0 a 'single operation.

`1t is another object of this inv-ention to provide a mop of this type with means thereon to wring the water absorbed in the above described manner from the mop material without the use of separate apparatus.

lt is another object of this invention to provide means on the mop head which facilitate the separation of the mop material therefrom for cleaning the same.

r`he present invention has also for its object the carrying forward the same inventive concept disclosed in my pending application for Letters Patent for Squeegee mop, filed Sept. 5th, 1929, Ser. No. 390,609.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention also consists in certain novel features of construction, combinations of elel ments and arrangements of parts which will be more fully described in these specifications and finally pointed out inV the appended claims.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawings which form a material part of these specifications, and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective elevation of my i1n proved mop showing the mopcords stretched and the squeegee plate in operating position.

F ig. 2 is a side elevation of the lower end of the mop, in section on line 2 2 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2 seen from the right side of that figure. Parts are broken out in this figure` to show interior construction. 'Y

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the mop show- 45 ing squeegee plate and mop material in cooperative position.

Referring to the drawings, this mop consists of a mop stick 11 to the lower end of which a mop frame is fastened, which con- 5'0 sists preferably of a metallic rod 12 bent into VThis invention relates t-o wet mops and` Application filed March 24, 1930. Serial No. 438,473.

a T shaped yoke. The horizontal bar of the T forms a flat loop and the vertical end portions, lying side by side close to each other, form a stem 12a which is held within an axial aperture of mop stick 11 which is preferably capped with a ferrule 13.

The mop material consists preferably of ropelike strands 20 lying side by side which are united at their l-ower ends by a suitable rectangular piece of canvas 22 which is doubled upon itself. The ends of the mop strands are placed between the two layers of canvas and sewed thereto by a plurality of transverse rows of stitches 23 (see F ig. 2). Below the ends of the mop strands the two layers of canvas are sewed to each other by several rows of stitches 23a so that a transverse sheath 24 is formed thereby. The inop strands extend upward along the mop stick 11 and their upper ends surround and are fastened to a preferably wooden sleeve 15 which is slidably and rotatably mounted on mop-stick 11. rlhe loop 12 at the lower end of the mop carries a rectangular squeegee plate 21 of pliable material preferably rubber. The rounded end portions of loop 12 pass through apertures in plate 21 which is of considerable thickness transversely in its middleportion and is chamfered down towards its longitudinal edges. rl"his construction makes the plate glide smoothly on a floor and avoids shattering in operation.

l:Between plate 21 and the upper bar 120 of the yoke an originally cylindrical piece of tubing or hose is interposed and flattened out longitudinally in its middle portion by pressing bars 12b and 120 towards each other.

rIn this manner two parallel tubes 30a and 306 are formed which extend along bar 12o on either side thereof. The hollow interior L of tube 30a accommodates a metallic rod 31a which is doubled upon itself at both ends of the tube at 316 so that the two parts 310 of the bar extend in opposite directions in axial alineinent to each other and parallel the same length as tube 305 and together with barA 120 and bar 31a prevents lateral movement of the tubes 30a and 30h. The tubular portion 24k of the mop material is threaded first upon one bar 310 through the space between the ends Bld and then upon the other,

. bar'3lc to be supported thereon as shown in `all figures Vof the drawings.

To facilitate this attachment of the mop material to 3l@ tliesebars mayberotat'ed on` the axis-ot 31a" in tube 30a as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

in like manner the mop material may bevr The 3 removed from the holding bars' 310,4A mop material may be separated from the mop byl moving the sleeve l5 upward and slip,

pingitaoiiq the mop stick ll'.

In theabove describedmanner a very eliicientxand useful mop iszproduced which hasf very fewand extremely simple parts, rigidly fastened toe/ach other with theer'ception'of the mop material whichmay easily be Vre-V movedl from or attached to the frame. Fig. @illustrates-the action otincpping up water froma floor under assistance ot thesqueegee plate which when moving in the direction in# dicated by yan arrow, pushes any water not l previously absorbed by the passing ineptowards the same to beabsorbed thereby which leaves the floor surface' completely dry.

When theV mop material is saturated the wringing attachment is placed in the position of Fig; 1 to wring the water trom'said materialby turning knob l5 on mop stick ll and twisting the mop material.v` Y y The principal advantage et this mop is that the operatingedge er" the squeegee plate is unencumbered by the mop material as shown in Fig. 4,-. A further important improvementis the facilitywith which the mop material.

may be-removed from the mop .trame particularlythe fact that'the squeegee -plate does not` have-to vbe removed for this purpose.V

Having thus` described my invention'whatY I claim -asvnew and desire to secureby Letters;

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plate imrerpusedl betweensaidbarsfa tubular member carried byfs'aidiraine' parallel to the bars thereof and an` elongated link having a part within" sai'd tubular member connecting said mop materialtosaid frame.

5. In a mop, a handle, a frame member including yoke portion,` aV squeegee vplate can vried-bys'aid yoke portion andghaving- Working edges on opposite sides oisaid handle, a sleeve slidablymounted on? saidhandle al tubularv member carried by the lram-3,: a-yoke member having' one of: its portions hingedly secured to'said'tubular' member and mo'pmaterial having' one endf gathered in; folds around the'handle and securedtosaidsleeve and having its other end `securedftok said hingedyok'e' member.

and State of New York` thisQOth'da'y of llaICh, A'. H

HARRY HERTZBERG.

Signed at Brooklyn, inthecounty oftKiilgsr 1. A mop including ahandle, a-ra-me with .v l y a looplixed to onefend 'of said handle, a

squeegeeplate held within the loopl ot said trameand means connected to said frame ifory vdetachably holding a sheet'ofmop materiall spread out above said plate and transversely y to said handle.v

- 2.' A mop,including a mop handle, 'atrame at one-end of said handle having a pair of barsperpendicular to said handle, a squeegee plate interposed between said bars in a plane transverse to said handle, atubular member joined' to said frame and a link held by said tubular member'for connecting mop material to said frame. 1

3. A'mop, including a mop handle, a frame at onev endbtsaid handle having azpair of lbarsfpf'e-rpendicular to said handlefa s'queegeevplate-interposedV between said bars and having;v 

